Who needs a story with a graphic like this?

[MaineYooper]

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/050125/photos_pl/deficit_2005_graphic

[For PaisAn]

1. Great graphic

That about says it all.

[tritsofme]

2. That's an OMB projection

and that is an office located in the White House, so it wouldn't surprise me if the real deficit ends up being smaller so than can claim that the deficit is "shrinking rapidly"

[usregimechange]

3. Sell this in middle america, kick, nt

[FM Arouet666]

4. Got to love republican fiscal conservatism. eom

[MaineYooper]

5. my thoughts exactly-

Can somebody please remind me again of the difference between 1993-2001 and 2001-2005?!?!

[JoMama49]

6. This is exactly what they want! No wonder * is asking Congress

for another $8 billion for the war! Once they've bankrupted the whole country, and the economy is really in the tank, then they can begin dismantling all of the other social programs and programs for the poor with the excuse that the government just has too big a deficit to support these programs anymore. This is where they're going!

[For PaisAn]

7. Make that 80 billion

And yes this is exactly what they want, rich and poor and destroy the middle class.